名詞 cylinder:

1. a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
2. a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
3. a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
4. a chamber within which piston moves
   同義詞：piston chamber

1. The engine is misfiring badly on one cylinder.
   發(fā)動機(jī)有一個汽缸嚴(yán)重失靈。
2. The cylinder is a crucial part of the washing machine.
   滾筒是洗衣機(jī)必不可少的部分。

cyl.in.der

n.Abbr. cyl.（名詞）縮寫 cyl.
Mathematics
【數(shù)學(xué)】
The surface generated by a straight line intersecting and moving along a closed plane curve, the directrix, while remaining parallel to a fixed straight line that is not on or parallel to the plane of the directrix.
柱面：一條直線與一個封閉的平面曲線相交及沿著平面曲線移動所形成的平面，準(zhǔn)線則與一個不在此準(zhǔn)線平面上或者不與此準(zhǔn)線平面平行的固定直線保持平行
The portion of such a surface bounded by two parallel planes and the regions of the planes bounded by the surface.
平面部分：由兩個平行平面所確定的表面的部分以及由此表面所確定的平面的空間
A solid bounded by two parallel planes and such a surface, especially such a surface having a circle as its directrix.
圓柱體：由兩個平行平面和這樣的表面，特別是有一個圓作為其準(zhǔn)線的平面所形成的柱體
A cylindrical container or object.
圓柱形容器，圓柱形物體
Engineering
【工程學(xué)】
The chamber in which a piston of a reciprocating engine moves.
汽缸：有往復(fù)式發(fā)動機(jī)的活塞移動的空室
The chamber of a pump from which fluid is expelled by a piston.
缸：泵內(nèi)由活塞從中排出流體的空室
The rotating chamber of a revolver that holds the cartridges.
子彈輪轉(zhuǎn)盤：裝有彈藥的左輪手槍的旋轉(zhuǎn)彈膛
Any of several rotating parts in a printing press, especially one that carries the paper.
印刷機(jī)滾筒：印刷機(jī)，特別是傳送報紙的印刷機(jī)的任何旋轉(zhuǎn)部分
Archaeology A cylindrical stone or clay object with an engraved design or inscription.
【考古學(xué)】 雕紋圓柱物：帶有雕刻的圖案或者文字的圓柱形石頭或者陶制物體

來源：
Latin cylindrus
拉丁語 cylindrus
from Greek kulindros
源自 希臘語 kulindros
from kulindein [to roll]
源自 kulindein [滾動]